One of the things that we’ve had to deal with when it comes to Sweet B’s autism is the occasional meltdown.

She does have certain calming strategies in place and I’ve also learned to recognize her triggers. At school, she prefers to use her PECS book to communicate her preferred strategy, but we don’t have that at home. Rather, it’s up to me to watch and realize what’s going on. And while this method does work, sometimes I think it would be great to have a similar system here at home.

To help us with that, I created a printable set of my calming strategies for her and since I like to share, I’m offering it up for free to share with you all. This can be used in combination with more of my free printables for autistic children to create a social story.

Now, this is a pretty simple set, but I hope that it will help both Sweet B and myself. I think it will also help when I’m not at home but Kyle is. That doesn’t happen too often, but every Thursday evening I do have choir practice. Mostly, Sweet B will stay in her room and keep herself occupied but it’s nice to know that there’s a back up plan in case.

I'm a stay at home mom aspiring to be a work at home mom, and unofficial step mom of two. I enjoy singing with my church choir, spending time with my family, cooking, baking, crafts, and watching Jeopardy.